8/1/10 - 294

Siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh...big sigh. Gained 3lbs.

This month started out with a huge hassle that led me to a completely unhealthy binge and it just never ended. I can't even blame a busy work schedule, because up until this week July was one of my slowest month's so far. It was just laziness.

Maybe I need to go to an AA meeting or something. It really is like drinking, I just can't help myself. I really need to treat my diet like sobriety. I am going to die if I keep eating like this. The thing is...I say that and I know that...but when it comes time to drive through Hardees I completely forget about it.

My friend Rina came to visit last weekend. She has had lap-band surgery. It was so nice to have her here because she eats really healthy now, so it made me make good choices (except for the 3 bottles of wine we drank....we put fruit in it does that make it healthier? HaHa). Although if she had said, "Screw it let's eat burgers!" I would have totally done it.

I know I've said this before, and it hasn't made me change my ways, but I can only hope that someone will read this and it will stick with them. This week a nutrient-dense diet is The Cure to muscle and joint pain. I haven't been eating nearly enough fruits and vegetables and I am feeling it. All my aches and pains that had disappeared two months ago are all back. I also have been breaking out like a teenager, which may have to do with this ridiculous heat, but I think if I was eating nutrient-dense food it would actually clear up my skin.

I went to the store today and bought tons of stuff for salads and soup and whole wheat pasta for vegetarian spaghetti (by the way I do not recommend Nate's Meatless Meatballs, Quorn Meatballs are much better). So hopefully August will be a better month.

I don't have a great recipe for this post. That's one of the things I've been slacking on, need to get out the cookbooks.